Tha'ts probably not accurate. Apparently they put that as the default ship date when they're not sure when they'll be out. They had the same thing for Transformers Masterpiece Soundwave and he's starting to ship now. I imagine they'd have them out in time for Christmas, probably Oct or Nov if not sooner even.

Yeah that's about the weirdest thing in a long time it seems... nothing, then a store listing seems to at least confirm they're coming in some capacity, and to who, but still not a peep from Hasbro. Like they just didn't care about this set yet it's by far one of the cooler things we've seen in a while.

Like the Endor Rebel TVC figure, they really needed to aim for screen accuracy. As near as can be told, there's only one trench coated sergeant and Sideshow got him right... Hasbro chose to do a headsculpt that not only wasn't generic, it wasn't even accurate to one of the actual handful of troopers, and that bites.

Yakface has the details on these via Canadian TRU... Looks like they'll be out soon and can be pre-ordered on their site for under $34... They should be free in the U.S. then if the odd price differences stay true.

Jedi are boring. I appreciate any new characters at this point, though (and most more interesting characters require more new tooling). It would be nice if they made the female green Nikto (I still want to call it Klaatu)...I think it was female, from ROTS.

Speaking of Jedi army builders. You can buy super-articulated episode one Obi-Wans from Hong Kong sellers super cheap ($2 a figure or less) , but his neck joint size doesn't seem too widely compatible with many figures.

I like the variation with these... It adds things. It's one of the only prequal areas I find interesting at all, at this stage of the game. This and redone "premium" Clone Wars/ROTS Clones... Fordo styled Clone Commanders, realistic unique Clone Wars Clones like the shinies... Stuff like that appeals to me. It's far better than the Clones Hasbro is putting out like the Sergeant or 41st Grey markings one they half-assed.